Tonight at a glance
- Runtime
- 88 min
- Age rating
- R
- Language
- English
- Country
- United States
- Violence
- Strong
- Frights
- Mild
Why tonight?
- Under two hours — there is still an evening on the other side of it.
- It goes hard on violence — not a wind-down.
The story
In this fictional documentary, U.S. prisons are at capacity, and President Nixon declares a state of emergency. All new prisoners, most of whom are connected to the antiwar movement, are now given the choice of jail time or spending three days in Punishment Park, where they will be hunted for sport by federal authorities. The prisoners invariably choose the latter option, but learn that, between the desert heat and the brutal police officers, their chances of survival are slim.
- police brutality
- hippie
- dystopia
- soldier
- struggle for survival
- desert
- fake documentary
- military
- found footage
- mock trial
The look
A few frames, chosen rather than collected.
The bill
Patrick Boland
Tribunal Defendant
Carmen Argenziano
Jay Kaufman (Tribunal Defendant)
Kent Foreman
Lee Robert Brown (Tribunal Defendant)
Luke Johnson
William Luke Valerio (Tribunal Defendant)
- Katherine Quittner — Nancy Jane Smith (Tribunal Defendant)
- Scott Turner — James Arthur Kohler (Tribunal Defendant)
- Stan Armsted — Charles Robbins (Tribunal Defendant)
- Mary Ellen Kleinhall — Allison Mitchner (Tribunal Defendant)
- Mark Keats — William C. Hoeger (Tribunal Chairman)
- Gladys Golden — Mary Jurgens (Tribunal Member)
- Sanford Golden — Senator Harris (Tribunal Member)
- George Gregory — Mr. Keagan (Tribunal Member)
- Norman Sinclair — Tribunal Member
- Sigmund Rich — Prof. Hazlett
- Paul Rosenstein — Tribunal Member
- Directed
- Peter Watkins
- Written
- Peter Watkins
Production
- Rating
- 7.3 / 10 · 216 ratings
- Studio
- Churchill Films, Françoise Films, Chartwell
If this stayed with you
Then these are the nearest things Cue holds — chosen for what they share with it, not for what happens to be popular.
